# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Lhoist North America /Chemical Lime Company
> OSHA SIR `2024098830` · 9/21/2024 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lhoist North America /Chemical Lime Company
- **Location:** 2116 Wald Road, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78132
- **NAICS:** 212312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting the cab of his truck when he lost his footing and fell to the ground, resulting in broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured vertebra.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*